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To: Frederick Langford who wrote (52943)	7/1/2001 4:28:43 PM
From: Smart_Money	Respond to of 57584

Microsoft trying to dominate the digital music. I found this on Yahoo. I found the following very interesting: "What Microsoft has done is cut the record quality in half, so that people will want to use the Windows Media Audio (WMA) format instead," LeTocq said. While the typical minimum for recording MP3s is 128kbps, Windows Media Player offers one option: 56kbps. "They want to force people to WMA and make it the standard for digital music," LeTocq said. "But I think Microsoft will have a tough time displacing MP3. The other major feature of the new media player is DVD playback, for which Microsoft offers sophisticated controls and smooth full-screen viewing. There's just one problem: On its own, "the DVD doesn't work," LeTocq said. MSFT is in for a big surprise, XP is going to be a total disaster. I'm quite happy with my 1GHZ Windows2000 system. Can't see upgrading until I can get at least a 5-10Ghz Machine and I sure as hell won't buy rental software. - by: stricklycash